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Re: CO list of Schlacht Gruppen, 39-45 - looking for assistance.
As you know the grandson, you may as well have our whole datafile about this fellow:
JANSSEN, Ewald.
(DOB: 11.10.13 in Rüstringen/Oldenburg).
01.01.37 assigned to I./St.G. 167.
01.05.37 trf to 7./St.G. 162.
1938 in Spain with the Legion Condor.
01.05.39 reassigned from 1./St.G. 163 to I./St.G. 2.
06.41 Oblt., Staka 1./St.G. 2.
28.06.41 assigned to Stukaschulen (to 11.11.42).
03.08.42 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal.
12.11.42 trf to II./St.G. 1.
12.02.43 Hptm., ordered to trf from II./St.G. 1 to III./St.G. 2 (to 12.05.43).
07.05.43 trf to Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe.
13.06.43 reassigned to I./JG 300 and appt Kommandeur (to 26.10.43).
12.07.43 Hptm., awarded DKG.
01.09.43 promo to Maj.
29.10.43 appt Kommodore JG 302 (to 22.06.44).
01.06.44 appt provisional Kommodore SG 4, taking over on 23.06.44.
01.09.44 promo to Obstlt.
11.09.44 appt permanent Kommodore SG 4 (to 28.12.44 – relieved of command due to the poor performance of his Geschwader during the Ardennes Offensive/Battle of the Bulge).
31.10.44 Maj., awarded Ritterkreuz.
01.45 appt Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. Cottbus.
Flew a total of 400+ combat missions. Said to have died in Brazil after the war, but the date is not known.
His dismissal may well have been "bogus" as the regime was becoming more and more unstable and scape-goating was common practice as their unrealistic plans fell through. Please ask the grandson if he could provide scans of documents, especially the Soldbuch, such that a more complete file can be generated for Ewald.
HLdZ
DGS
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